>Ideological differences historically have not been reconciled without war. Sure they have, just look at Saudi Arabia. It's the biggest state funder of extremi

>Ideological differences historically have not been reconciled without war. Sure they have, just look at Saudi Arabia. It's the biggest state funder of extremist Islam and way more repressive of human rights than Iran (e.g. women not being allowed outside without a man accompanying them, not allowed to drive..), but in spite of these ideological differences it's best buddies with the US.